Welcome to my Green College Tour blog. For the less web-savvy, this website is accessible from any computer simply by typing into your address bar, http://greencollegetour.blogspot.com.
I am leaving today for Western Massachusetts for a preliminary visit to Hampshire College and to pick up a girl and her dog who will be ridesharing with me down to Kentucky. First I have to get my oil changed, grocery shop for road snacks, and pack up all the things I want to bring on this great adventure (snowboard, camera, interview clothes, a notebook for recording insights when I don't have my computer.)
So far my plan is to visit the following schools in this order:
Appalachian State University www.asu.edu
Berea College www.berea.edu
University of Colorado at Boulder www.colorado.edu
Naropa University www.naropa.edu
Prescott College www.prescott.edu
Here is a google map of my destinations!
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About Me
- VTSOPHIA
- Welcome! I'm Sophia, a writer and young agriculturalist from Vermont with a scientific, beyond-organic approach to food production + landscape design. I graduated from the University of Vermont in 2010 with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology + Farm Systems, and have worked in organic agriculture in many capacities before + since. My philosophy is that we humans have a powerful, inescapable need to grow food + connect with nature, and that it in turn models or directly provides all of the design principles, tools and phytochemicals we need to produce healthy food on less land while restoring ecological health. But we are not there yet. According to a 2010 USDA report, “Tilling the soil is the equivalent of an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, and forest fire occurring simultaneously to the world of soil organisms.” As sustainable producers, we can - we must - do better. I invite you to join me in an exploration of agricultural methods that sequester carbon, enhance biodiversity and reduce waste - but I need your help to identify them and spread the word!
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